3. Grace Kelly

In a U.S. press conference, when Prince Rainier III of Monaco was asked what kind of wife he would seek for himself, he replied, “I don’t know — the best.” Three days later he scored the best when he officially proposed to the luminous Grace Kelly. Retired from acting at 26, Grace Kelly’s film career proved to be a short one, but in her time as Alfred Hitchcock’s muse, she left an indelible mark in film history and in the minds of men around the world. Princess Grace’s blond hair and peaches-and-cream complexion was the ideal in her day. She was, and remains, the most beautiful Royal the world has ever known. Gauntlet thrown.